1. a woman’s close-fitting indoor cap with a full crown gathered into a band, typically worn in the 18th and 19th centuries
Usage: historical

Examples

• The colonial woman wore a white mobcap while working in the kitchen.
• Museum displays showed various styles of mobcaps from the 1700s.
• She tied the ribbons of her mobcap under her chin.
• The servant’s mobcap kept her hair neat while she cleaned.
• Historical reenactors often wear mobcaps as part of their period costumes.
• The mobcap was a practical head covering for domestic work.